INDEX. 



459 



Du Lhut, a leader of coureurs de bois, 

 54, 56, 81, 99 ; rivalry with English 

 traders of Hudson's Bay, 81 ; in- 

 trigues with Indians, 111; builds a 

 fort near Detroit, 128 ; where he 

 has a large force of French and 

 Indians, 144, 147 ; leads attack on 

 the Senecas, 150; defeats a party 

 of Indians on the Ottawa, 193. 



Durantaye, La, at Niagara, 99; with 

 Du Lhut at Michillimackinac, 111 ; 

 at Detroit, 144 ; captures Rooseboom 

 and McGregory, 146 ; commanding 

 at Michillimackinac, sends bad news 

 to Montreal, 201; is replaced by 

 Louvigny, 203. 



D'Urf^, Abbe, a Canadian missionary, 

 is ill received by Frontenac, 36 ; car- 

 ries complaints of him to France, 

 40, 42. 



Dustan, Mrs., of Haverhill, her ex- 

 ploit, 385-387. 



Dutch traders instigate Iroquois 

 against the French, 75; pursuit of 

 the fur trade into their country, 

 89. 



E. 



Engelran, a Jesuit missionary at Mich- 

 illimackinac, confers with Denon- 

 ville, 121 ; his dealings with the 

 Indians, 145, 159, 443;" is wounded 

 by the Senecas, 153. 



English colonies, designs of Louis 

 XIV. for their destruction, 189. 



English colonists of New England in- 

 vade Acadia, 117 ; their organiza- 

 tion and policy compared with the 

 French, 394-397; their military in- 

 efficiency, 408 (see New England). 



F. 



Famine (La), on Lake Ontario, vis- 

 ited bv La Barre, 104 ; the coun- 

 cil, 105-110; treaty of, 113, 117; 

 treacherous attack here on the Iro- 

 quois by Kondiaronk (the Rat), 

 173-175. 



Fe'nelon, a zealous missionary priest 

 at Montreal, 33 ; arraigned at Que- 

 bec by Frontenac, 36-38 ; is sent to 

 France, 39 ; and forbidden to re- 

 turn, 42. 



Fletcher, governor of New York, his 

 complaints of weakness and divi- 

 sions, 408. 



Forest posts, their abuses and their 

 value to the French, 419, 420. 



Fort, see Albany, Famine (La), Fron- 

 tenac, Loyal, Niagara, St. Louis, 

 Nelson. 



Fortifications of Canada, 297. 



Fox Indians, charged with cowardice, 

 112. 



French designs of colonization and 

 conquest, 119 ; policy of conquest 

 and massacre, 370-373; coloniza- 

 tion, compared with English, 394- 

 397; occupation of the Great West, 

 452. 



Frontenac, Count (Louis de Buade), 

 governor of Canada, 1672-1682, 

 1689-1698; at St. Fargeau, 4; his 

 early life, 5 ; marriage, 6, 455 ; his 

 quarrel at St. Fargeau, 7 ; his estate, 

 8 ; his vanity, 9 ; aids Venice at 

 Candia ; his appointment to com- 

 mand in New France, 11 ; at Quebec, 

 14; convokes the three estates, 17; 

 his address, 18 ; form of government, 

 19 ; his merits and faults, 21 ; com- 

 plains of the Jesuits, 22-25, 320-322 ; 

 Fort Frontenac built and confided 

 to La Salle, 27; dispute with Per- 

 rot, governor of Montreal, whom 

 he throws into prison, 28-34; this 

 leads to a quarrel with Abbe Fene- 

 lon and the priests, 35-38; Fron- 

 tenac' s relations with the clergy, 

 39 ; his instructions from the king 

 and Colbert, 40-46 ; his hot temper, 

 44, 45 ; question of the presidency, 

 48-51 ; imprisonment of Amours, 

 51-54 ; disputes on the fur trade, 

 and accusations of Duchesneau, 54- 

 58 ; reproof from the king and Col- 

 bert, 58-60 ; complaints against 

 Duchesneau, 60-63 ; arrest of his 

 son, 64 ; relations with Perrot, 65 ; 

 with the Church, 68 ; with the In- 

 dians, 69, 254; his recall, 67; sails 

 for France, 71 ; relations at this time 

 with the Iroquois, 76-79 ; Frontenac 

 is sent again to Canada, 186 ; scheme 

 of invading New York, 187 ; arrives 

 at Chedabucto, 188 ; at Quebec and 

 Montreal, 191 ; attempts to save the 

 fort, 192 ; summons a conference of 

 Indians, 195; the conference, 196- 

 200; another failure, 201; message 

 to the Lake Indians, 203, 206; 

 scheme of attack on English colon- 

 ies, 208; Schenectadv, 211-219; 

 Pemaquid, 224 ; Salmon Falls, 227; 

 Casco Bay, 229 ; conference with 

 Davis, 232 ; leads the war-dance, 

 254; defence of Quebec, 247-279; 

 reply to Phips's summons, 267 ; begs 

 troops from the king, 295; expedi- 

 tion against the Mohawks, 310-315 ; 

 appeal to Ponchartrain, 317-319, 

 320-322, 417; jealousies against 

 him, 319 ; complaints of Champigny, 

 320; scheme of coast-attack, 357; 

 treats with the Iroquois, 397-399, 



